The Electoral Court processed and verified all the signatures necessary to enable the plebiscite against social security reform driven by the PIT-CNT, equivalent to 10% of the electoral roll, and announced that in October the popular consultation will be held that reveals a good part of the political and economic system of Uruguay.
While the plebiscite against the reform of social security is once again a topic in the political agenda, Once the primaries were over and with the beginning of the unification of programmatic proposals of the pre-candidates to outline the unity campaign strategies of each party, the Electoral Court proclaimed minutes before 13 the authorization of the popular consultation that will be carried out together with the general elections from October 27th.
“We have arrived,” celebrated the promoters of the plebiscite.
By Tuesday afternoon, he had already verified a total of the signatures submitted by the PIT-CNT equivalent to 9.8% of the electoral roll, and with less than 5,500 validated signatures missing to reach the cut-off of 276,151 required signatures, it was a given that the announcement would take place today, around noon or in the early afternoon.
Now, the union will be able to start the campaign for a “yes” to the Constitutional reform in social security matters which they are promoting, which establishes three fundamental changes in the pension system: that the retirement age be 60 years, that minimum pensions be equal to the national minimum wage, and that the individual savings system and, therefore, the AFAPs be eliminated.
A topic that is on the political agenda again
Meanwhile, the political environment is once again focusing on the plebiscite, which is shaping up to be a central issue in the electoral campaign towards October. In this regard, the candidate of the Independent Party and former minister of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), Pablo Mieres, He sent the other candidates —Yamandú Orsi, Alvaro Delgado, Andres Ojeda and Guido Manini Rios— a draft of a joint statement against the proposal of the PIT-CNT.
“I think it is a strong signal to the public to indicate that there is agreement that this is very negative,” he explained.
The topic, for its part, is uncomfortable in the Broad Front due to the differences that have been expressed in terms of positions by the members of the current left-wing presidential formula, Orsi and Carolina Cosse. However, the former mayor of Canelones said that the party “is analyzing the issue” and that they will adhere to the decision taken by the political force, still in line with freedom of action. “These are issues that are still being analyzed,” he insisted, without ruling out the possibility of new pronouncements.
Source: Ambito
